title: Corticofugal projections to the motor nuclei of the brainstem and spinal cord in humans.
abstract: We studied corticofugal projections to the motoneurons with Nauta-Gygax's technique in a patient with cerebral infarction of both hemispheres. Motoneurons in the brainstem motor nuclei and spinal anterior horns seem to receive direct cortical projections, except for the oculomotor and abducens nuclei and Onuf's nucleus in the sacral cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwatsubo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuzuhara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanemitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyokura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000473:pathology; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013376:Substantia Gelatinosa / Q000473:pathology